Guide attachment for presser bars



April D1930? R. BANKIER 1,752,323

GUIDE ATTACHMENT FOR PRESSER BARS Filed June 29, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor Pa er? 522 71 Zz er April 1, 1930. 1,; R. BANKIER 1,752,323

GUIDE ATTACHMENT FOR RESSER BARS V Filed June 29, 1928 s Sheets-Sheet 2 ln'ventor Attorney April 1, 1930. R. BANKIER. "1,7

GUIDE ATTACHMENT FOR PRESSER BARS Filed June 29, 1928 3 Sheeis-Sheet 3 [riventor Pa er? 242215 2;-

Attorney Patented Apr. 1 1930 UNITED STATES ROBERT BANIKIER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA GUIDE ATTACHMENT FOR PRESSER BARS 1 Application filed June 29,

The present invention relates to a guide attachment to be mounted on a needle head of a sewing machine for the purpose of guiding work under the presser foot of a sewing machine and further to an improved presser foot designed .for cooperation with the guide.

An important object of the invention resides in the provision of an improvedstructure of this nature which is simple, easy to adjust, strong and durable, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to assemble and disassemble, and thoroughly efficient and reliable in use and operation.

, With'the above and numerous other objects in View as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combi nation and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

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Figure l, is an elevation of the attachment and presser foot in place on the needle head,

1Figure '2 is a top plan view of'the guide pate,

Figure 3 is a rear elevation thereof,

. Figure 4 is a top plan view of the lower ,guide,

Figure 5 is a rear elevation thereof,

f Figure 6 is atop plant view of the presser m v Figure 7 is a side elevation thereof showing .a portion of the section, and Y V Figure 8 is an end elevation thereof.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will 36 be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a presser foot bar mounted, in a needle head 6 of a sewing machine.

A shank 7 is adjustably engaged with the needle head as at 8 and rises therefrom and then is bent at right angles to extend a distance and then isbent over back upon itself. On the upper portion of the .shank 7 there is fixed a plate 9 of oblong construction having a notch 10 at one end crossed by a guide wire or bar 11 and at its other end provided with "a downwardly inclined guide trough 12, converging "toward the lower portion of the shank 7 as is clearly indicated in both Figures 1 and '3. I a

50 T 'On the back longitudinal edge of the plate 1928. Serial 1%. 289,275.

9 there rises a flange 1 1. A guide 15 is in the form of a plate bent over upon itself so as to be U-shaped in cross section and has one corner cut away as indicated at 16. This guide plate 15 is carried by anVL-shaped arm '55 17 pivotaliy engaged as at 18 with an intermediate portion of one arm of an L'-shaped bracket arm 19. r i

The arms 17 and 19 are limited in their swinging relationship in one direction by a 69 stop pin 20 on the arm 19. The other leg of the arm 19 is provided with apertures 21 to receive screws 22 in order to be adjustably mounted on the needle head 6.

The bracket 17 is twisted at its bight so that the plate 15 inclines upwardly and outwardly in alinement with the guide trough 12 and terminates in slight spaced relation thereto. 7

The presser foot includes a plate 23 curved upwardly atone end as at 24 and provided adjacent the upwardly curved end 24 with a transverse slot 25. A pair ofspaced parallel coextensive flanges 26 rise from the plate 23 and pivotally received therebetween, the lower offset end 29 of a shank 3O recessed as at 31 to receive the lower end ofthe presser foot bar 5 which is engaged therewith by means of a screw 32. I v

A pin 33 rises from the plate 23 into a re 7 so cess 3 in which is disposed a spring35 so that the heel of the plate is urged downwardly and the toe or curvedend 24 is urged up wardly.

The advantage of this detachable guide. structure on a sewing machine is that it permits the operator of the machine to com pletely finish the goods on the machine without the aid of another machine thus saving a lotof labor and expense. i

This guide structure can be fitted on a1 most any type of sewing machine for the purpose ofsewing on fringe or any kind oftrimming. This guide structure is an improvement over such a design for the same purpose 95 in that the usual guide structure is stat-ionary and does not allow the operator to finish the goods as demanded by the trade and "thereforethe goods have to be completed on another machine by another operator but .100

with the present guide structure, the same can be swung to one side as is indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1, until the operator gets started and then may be swung back in place until the article is almost finished and then it may be pushed to side again and the article completed. The same operation is applied with ever article that is operated upon by the machine. Another advantage this improved structure has, if the operator does not wish to use theguide for a short time, said operator does not have to take it off of the ma chine but it can be pushed around almost to the back of the machine so that it does not ine terfcre with the operator or the goods.

head of the machine has another very important advantage in that it keeps the material from blinding the operator and allows the operator freedom to guide the work into the machine, this guide plate isfurther suitable for sewing fringe, lace edge or ruliled lace frills on lace curtains and has several other obvious advantages too numerous to mention. a

The guide plate 15 functions to guide the work under the presser foot of the sewing machine and it is preferably made of any good strong pliable metal such as German silver. The wire 11 is a guide plate guard to prevent the material passing over the plate 9 from slipping'oif the plate. 7

It isthought that the construction, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

' The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumeratedas desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

' It is apparent that changes in the details of construction, and inethe combination and arrangement of parts maybe resortedto without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificmg any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In combination with a needle head for sewing machines, a shank rising from the needle head, a guide plate supported on the shank and in a horizontal position, a guide trough leading downwardly from one end of the guide plate and inclined inwardly toward the presser foot bar, a guide plate bent over upon itself to be substantially U-shaped otally connected arms whereby the second guide plate may be swung out of the way.

3. In combination with'a' needle head for sewing machines, shank rising from the needle head, a guide plate supported on the shank and in a horizontal position, a guide trough leading downwardly from one end of the guide plate and inclined inwardly toward the presser foot bar, a guide plate bent over upon itself to'be substantially U-shaped in formation, and means for supporting the guide plate from the needle head so as to loc in alinement with the guide trough, said last mentionedmeans comprising a pair-of piv- V otally connected arms whereby the second guide plate maybe swung out of the way,

means associated with the arms to limit the swinging of one arm in respect to the other in one direction. r

4. In combination with a needle headfor sewing machines, a shank rising from the needle head, a guide 'platesupported on the upon itself to be substantially U-shaped in formation, and means for supporting the guide plate from theneedle head so as to be in alinement with the guide trough, said last mentioned means comprising a pair of pivotally connected arms whereby the second guide plate may be swung out of the way, means associated with the arms to limit the swinging of one arm in respect to the other in one direction, and means for detachably connecting one of the arms to the needle head? 5. In combination with a needle head' for sewing machines, a shank rising from the needle head, a guide plate: supported on the shank and in a horizontal position,--a guide trough leading downwardly from one end of" the guide plate and inclined inwardly toward the presser foot bar, a guide plate bent over' upon itself to be substantially U-shaped in formation, and means for supporting the guide plate from the needle head so astobe in alinement with the guide trough, said last mentioned means comprising a pair of pivotally connected arms whereby the second guide plate may be swung'out of the way,

means associated with the arms to limit'the swinging of one arm in respect to the other in one direction, and means for detachably connecting one of the arms to the needlehead, the guide plate being provided with a lon-h gitudinally disposed flange on end edge.

6. In combination with a needle'head for sewing machines, a shank rising from the needle head, a guide plate supported on the shank and in a horizontal position, a guide trough leading downwardly from one end of the guide plate and inclined inwardly toward the presser foot bar, a guide plate bent over upon itself to be substantially U-shaped in formation, and means for supporting the guide plate from the needle head so as to be in alinement with the guide trough, said last I mentioned means comprising a pair ofpivotally connected arms whereby the second guide plate may be swung out of the way, means associated with the arms to limit the swinging of one arm in respect to the other in one direction, and means for detachably connecting one of the arms to the needle head, 'the guide plate being provided with a longitudinally disposed flange on one edge, the other end of the top plate being notched.

7. In combination with a needle head for sewing machines, a shank rising from the needle head, a guide plate supported on the shank and in a horizontal position, a guide trough leading downwardly from one end of the guide plate and inclined inwardly to ward the presser foot bar, a guide plate bent over upon itself to be substantially U-shaped in formation, and means for supporting the guide plate from the needle head so as to be in alinement with the guide trough, said last mentioned means comprising a pair of pivotally connected arms whereby the second guide plate may be swung out of the way, means associated with the arms to limit the swinging of one arm in respect tothe other in one direction, and means for detachably connecting one of the arms to the needle head, the guide plate being provided with a longitudinally disposed flange on one edge, the other end of the top plate being notched, and a bar extending across the notch.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROBERT BANKIER. 

